Jill Scott is featured on the current issue of "Essence." Best friend Tyra Banks and Kimora Lee Simmons alongside models Iman and Alek Wek are the covergirls for "Ebony" magazine while Kanye West and Cassie is on the issue of "Complex" magazine. [source via source]

Visit Feels Good 2 B Home for more on Tyra, Kimora, Alek and Iman's Ebony photospread. Big thanks to Real Gossip With A Passion for the scans!

Kanye on his clothing line, Pastelle:
Just getting the right designs. It’s a gift and a curse. You’ve got all eyes on you, so if you deliver something great, it’s gonna get held as, “Oh, it’s supposed to be great.” And even if it’s good or it’s OK or something, it’s gonna get bashed. There were phases where I could just do the bear on a Polo and it would’ve made $100 million. At a certain point. But I always say I was a designer before I was a rapper, and I really wanted to get into design. So then, trying to start designing and goin’ with my girl down to the fashion district and stuff, and looking at fabrics and stuff like that, I’m like, “Oh, shit. This is real.” I’ve learned so much about materials and fabrics and applications and sequence and shiny fabrics and fits and all type of shit. [ READ MORE ]

Cassie on the most hurtful thing said about her:
That I slept my way into the industry. I think that’s really vicious. If it had nothing to do with talent, at least it had something to do with charm. But it was never jumping into bed with somebody. That’s just gross. As far as people saying I couldn’t sing, I did a bad job so I couldn’t hate. I was in a tough place for a second. I got really sick and was in the hospital in like November or December. It was stress and exhaustion, and I ended up going home to Connecticut. [Puffy] actually called me up when I was at home and asked me what I wanted to do. I was like, “I want to do another album.”[ READ MORE ]


Check out Jill Scott's "Hate On Me" video:

Her new album The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol 3, is set to hit stores September 25th. (September 29th is my birthday most definitely.)


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Labels: Cassie, Iman, Kanye West, Kimora Lee Simmons, New Music, Newsstand Snapshots, Tyra Banks